Viscountess Weymouth reveals she does 1,000 stomach crunches A DAY as she admits she's wary of having a second child after struggling during her first pregnancy
- Emma McQuiston is married to Viscount of Weymouth Ceawlin Thynn, 40
- 29-year-old lives in an open safari park in Wiltshire with lions and wolves
- She opens up in interview about racism, pregnancy, and living in 'Disney'
The Viscountess of Weymouth has opened up about her gruelling workout regime that sees her do 1,000 stomach exercises every day.
Emma McQuiston, 29, who married Ceawlin Thynn, 40, the Viscount of Weymouth and the son of the Marquess and Marchioness of Bath, in June 2013, also admitted she's wary of having another child after she struggled during her pregnancy.
The mother-of-one, who splits her time between London and the Longleat estate in Wiltshire - the only drive-through safari outside of Africa - said she's doing the exercises to get back into shape after giving birth as her muscles didn't 'set back properly'.
Emma McQuiston, 29, the Viscountess of Weymouth has opened up about her crazy exercise regime, difficult pregnancy and living in a 'Disney'-like safari park
Emma gained the title of Viscountess of Weymouth when she married Ceawlin Thynn, 40, the son of the Marquess and Marchioness of Bath, in June 2013 at the age of 27
Emma also admits she feels as though she's living in 'Disney-like' surroundings at Longleat, where she moved to after living at home with her mother in London. She was no pauper though as her father is Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon Ladi Jadesimi.
Emma will one day become Britain's first black marchioness although this appears to have been a bone of contention in the family.
Ceawlin's mother, Hungarian-born, French-raised Anna Gael, apparently described her son's marriage to Emma - who he has known since she was four (and he was 17) - as a disruption to '400 years' of English 'bloodline'.
And it seems she's not alone. Emma has previously spoken of racism in the British aristocratic circles in which she now mingles, telling Tatler magazine: 'There has been some snobbishness, particularly among the much older generation.
Emma has admitted she does 1,000 stomach exercises a day to get back into shape after giving birth to her son in October last year
'There's class and then there's the racial thing.'
It was a big contrast to when Emma lived in London, where she grew up in her 'protective' mother's home, only moving out when she married at 27.
'I'm a London girl,' she told ES Magazine today. 'It's a cosmopolitan place, London, a melting pot.'
But the race-fuelled family feud was so great that neither Ceawlin's mother or father, erotic artist Alexander Thynn, attended their wedding.
Only now the couple have a one-year-old son, the Hon John Thynn, are the new grandparents attempting to 'patch things up'.
Although it should be noted that Lady Bath has accused her son of exaggerating the family feud as a 'publicity gimmick'.
Her relationship with the in-laws is not the only thing Emma's working on.
Emma said she faced racism from British aristocracy and that it felt very different to when she lived in London
She's doing a thousand 'stomach contraction' exercises a day to get back into shape after giving birth as her muscles didn't 'set back properly'.
Emma said she struggled during her pregnancy too, as she developed a non-cancerous tumour.
She apparently suffered so badly with headaches she was unable to move, and doctors gave her an MRI scan and delivered her baby boy by Cesarean at 37 weeks.
This 'massive scare' has meant she's wary of giving John a baby brother or sister.
The other thing that perhaps threatens Emma's stomach muscles is her love of cooking, with her dream being to present a cookery show. (This is perhaps something she gets from her mother, who is an aspiring TV chef and food-blogger.)
Emma trained as an actress for a year at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and said she 'was nearly cast for Game of Thrones', but added that she thinks she is a 'better fit' for presenting because of her 'unique look'.
Emma is a trained actress, but said she aspires to having her own cooking show as she thinks she is a 'better fit' for presenting due to her 'unique look'
Emma currently divides her time between London and the Longleat estate in Wiltshire (pictured), where she trades the sound of traffic noise for the calls of lions, sea lions and wolves outside her window
Emma currently divides her time between London and the Longleat estate in Wiltshire, where she trades the sound of traffic noise for the calls of lions, sea lions and wolves outside her window.
Longleat is the only drive-through safari park outside of Africa - and Emma lives in the Elizabethan house in its grounds, which are open to the public all year round.
'Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be living in a safari park! It's a bit Disney, [but] I feel so lucky and happy to be where I am, I need to pinch myself,' she said.
The house itself, though, Emma thinks is haunted - thanks to the fact it was built on the site of a monastery.
She said she keeps the TV on for comfort and sleeps with the lights on when her husband is away on business.
Talking of which, Emma is keen to express how busy they are with two hotels, a pub, the house and safari park.
'Longleat is frantic. It would blow your mind,' she said.
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